Events

Sponsored by
The Biobehavioral Oncology Program
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center 

Please join us on Tuesday, February 22, 2018 as the University of Pittsburgh honors Dr. Mary Phillips and we celebrate her appointment as the Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Dr. Phillips will deliver a Provost Inaugural Lecture beginning at 4:00pm in Lecture Room 6 of Scaife Hall.  A special reception with light refreshments will immediately follow the lecture.

Jones Parker, PhD uses calcium imaging to determine how neural network dynamics are disrupted in neurological and psychiatric diseases. Specifically, he uses this technique to evaluate neural ensemble signatures of neuropsychiatric disease, and to observe projection-specific neural activity towards understanding the circuit basis of mental illness.

Rajesh Narendran, MD specializes in using positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers to understand the neurochemical abnormalities in stress-related and addictive disorders in humans. Aside from his work in research, Dr. Narendran is a fully licensed PA physician and a board-certified psychiatrist who treats drug/alcohol addicted and psychiatric patients at the re:solve crisis center at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC.

Location: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Auditorium

Bring your lunch and join us for the February meeting of the eBrain Journal Club.

At the next meeting we will continue our discussion on aging and focus on the following article:

The Hallmarks of Aging
López-Otín C, Blasco MA, Partridge L, Serrano M, Kroemer G. 
Cell, 2013 Jun 6;153(6):1194-217. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.039. 

Date/Time: February 26, 2018 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Please note the time change for this month only.

Join us on March 1st when Dr. Stephen Smagula will be our featured speaker for our Sleep Grand Rounds series.